Miami
Skyline of Miami before a storm
December 13, 2007
Miami attracts a lot of different kinds of people including hoochies, drug dealers,
retirees, young entrepreneurs, models, vacationers, and those who don't seem
to have any ideas where else to go.
The city has an incredible skyline on Miami Beach, however, unlike most cities they
are almost entirely high-rise condos. The beach itself is home to people from every
walk of life, however my favorite are... not the bikini-clad women, but the old
men who spent hours staring at the ground waiting for their mental detectors to
go off. If that's what retirement is all about I'm not ever going to stop
working. Of course in this case I'm more pathetic than those people, they were
at least seeking out treasure, I was just watching them, which is one notch up on
the pathetic scale.
Once you cross the waterway and get into Miami itself you find yourself on a narrow
strip of land which is a border between the water and the rough part of the city.
One of the first things to welcome me to the city was a sign that read "Pawn
shop - Best prices on gold, diamonds, and guns."
The city is permeated with Cuban immigrants so I asked one's opinion on a good
Cuban restaurant. I always try to eat the local food so while in Miami I tried to
stick with Cuban food or the fusion of that with American, however I soon realized
Cuban is not my taste.
Treasure hunting